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What do you know about raising the minimum wage?

Did you know that raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.80/hour over the next 3 years and the tipped minimum wage from $2.13 to 70 percent of the regular minimum wage would have a minimal impact on food costs? Even if the entire cost of increased wages is passed on to customers, it will only cost us on average a dime a day.

Right now, 50 percent of food workers earn less than the poverty line for a family of three, and food workers rely on food stamps at 1.5 times the average rate. This means that the people who feed us often have difficulty feeding their own families. Raising the minimum wage would help 8 million low-wage food workers, in addition to 21 million workers in other industries, to meet their basic needs.

You can tell Congress that as a consumer you are willing to pay an extra dime a day in food costs to raise the minimum wage for hard-working low-wage workers and that you want Congress to pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act in 2013! 10 cents! It’s peanuts.